New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) has partnered with the Clean Fuels Alliance to introduce soy based biotires.
DCAS held a Train-the-Trainer session as part of an initiative to certify a new team of safe driving trainers for in-person Vision Zero Safety Training.
The DCAS The Field Services Unit has spent the last year conducting a full review of all of fleet’s charging, developing an expertise on servicing and repair.
the $5.2 million investment expands the city’s charging infrastructure and can provide a resilient charging option during power outages.
Preliminary results from NYC DCAS ISA pilot program showed fleet operators complied with speed limits 99% of the time and reduced instances of hard braking by 36%.
The city will install 315 new EV chargers in addition to adding vehicles that include electric transit vans, pick-up trucks, electric refuse trucks, and hybrid plug-in street sweepers.
New York state recently mandated biodiesel in heating oil statewide, starting at 5% of fuel use in 2002 and going to 20% in 2030.
Currently, 52% of the city’s electric fleet are battery-electric vehicles and 48% are plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
This charging network includes level 2 slow chargers, 50 kilowatt (KW) fast chargers, and solar carports.
New York City's involvement in an initiative called Together For Safer Roads is part of its Vision Zero initiative, aimed at improving street safety, which it has been running since 2014.
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